A closer picture would help. I'm with the two previous posters, remove the shutters. Are you looking to paint the siding or leave it white? I can't tell for sure but it looks like the columns may be a round turned column and it they were updated to something a bit more substantial that would help. A more modern railing on the porch could help update the look, too. Regarding the garage; Is there a second floor? If there is, then you could add some windows to the front of the garage to break up the large expanse of siding. And if you could somehow case in that chimney flue it would look a lot better. If you're interested in seeing some virtual makeovers check my web site, Creative Visual Concepts.

Love the roofline! I would guess there was a porch in the center 1/3 of your house - I would start researching/budgeting for replacing that. The second view hsows your house to be craftsman-esque - or of that era & influences anyway. That being the case a portico on the front would be exactly the wrong thing to do. White would be the wrong thing to do. Look into colors of the era . Not that you have to make it into a museum piece or it cant look fresh and current in its own way - nooo! Just that a house always looks better/more cohesive if the original design intentions are figured into the design - its the difference between "not bad" and showstopper. All white is not going to do much for deemphasizing the gables. There still is a stark contrasty line between roof/sky and the white. Better would be a midtone that blends/harmonizes with roof. You could have a slightly different tone for the trim/eaves - say a dark pinky brown-beige with a red for the body of the house. Reds btw come in at least as many shades and hues as blues. Is your roof staying though? That looks like blues/grays/greens so you might want to go that direction and ditch the red as you are already thinking. Idea is to have all the components just be less contrasty. Some of these show how the darker eaves colors blend in witht he roof and deemphasize the roofline - such as 1905 craftsman https://www.oldhouseguy.com/projects/exterior-paint-color-portfolio/ .

Your architect should take a holistic attitude towards the project and deal with the issue of the big blank garage in front of the house. This will not be a cheap project. Several hundred thousand. Be sure to verify that your architect is actually an architect. It’s a state regulated term, and most states have a professional lookup online for architects and contractors both. A software manipulator isn’t an architect.

I'm not a fan of beige, but your real problem right now is that you took a picture on a gray day when your grass looks dead. I'd paint the door a brighter color and take another picture on a better day.